File:Logo of the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad.png

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Fair use in Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad[edit]

Description

Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad logo

Source

http://www.icerail.com/

Article

Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad

Portion used

The entire logo is used to convey the meaning intended and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the intended image.

Low resolution?

The logo is a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by the company or organization, without being unnecessarily high resolution.

Purpose of use

The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the reader they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey.

Replaceable?

Because it is a logo there is almost certainly no free equivalent. Any substitute that is not a derivative work would fail to convey the meaning intended, would tarnish or misrepresent its image, or would fail its purpose of identification or commentary.

Other information

Heralds are "logos" or "slogans" used by railroad companies and displayed on their equipment. Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans, or short phrases. In some cases, these things may be protected as trademarks. ... However, copyright protection may be available for logo artwork that contains sufficient authorship. In some circumstances, an artistic logo may also be protected as a trademark." Excerpt from http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html Use of such images on Wikipedia arguably meets Fair Use requirements.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Iowa,_Chicago_and_Eastern_Railroad.pngtrue

History of Image:Logo of the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad.gif[edit]

  • 2008-01-03T04:48:43Z Dp67 (Talk | contribs) (1906 bytes) (Fix rational to avoid deletion)
  • 2007-04-23T14:44:40Z Cydebot (Talk | contribs) (72 bytes) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "logo" per [[Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates]].)
  • 2005-04-09T22:21:37Z Fawcett5 (Talk | contribs) ([[Logo]] of the [[Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad]] {{Logo}})
  • 2005-04-09T22:21:37Z Fawcett5 (Talk | contribs) (252x75) (10870 bytes)

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current03:55, 14 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 03:55, 14 December 2008252 × 75 (8 KB)718 Bot (talk | contribs)== Fair use in Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad == {{Non-free use rationale | Description = Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad logo | Source = http://www.icerail.com/ | Article = Iowa, Chicago and Eastern Railroad | Portio
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